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SSWIMMINGWIMMING | Page 4 MMLBLB | Page 5 US stars aim Devers to lay down helps Red Sox marker before survive Blue Olympics Jays’ rally Friday, July 19, 2019 CYCLING Dhul-Qa’da 16, 1440 AH Britain’s Yates wins GULF TIMES prestige Pyrenees Tour de France stage SPORT Page 3 GOLF/BRITISH OPEN Holmes sets pace as McIlroy cards nightmare 79 at Open Defending champion Francesco Molinari of Italy struggled to a three-over 74 and former winner Phil Mickelson shot 76 Reuters Portrush, Northern Ireland Woods labours to seven-over start Portrush: Tiger Woods made a he USA’s J.B. Holmes horrible start to his bid for a 16th shot a fi ve-under-par major title at the British Open 66 for the clubhouse yesterday, shooting a seven-over lead, while Rory McIl- par round of 78. Troy’s British Open hopes were in Struggling off the tee, the tatters after a fi rst-round eight- 43-year-old American, followed over-par 79 at Royal Portrush by swathes of spectators, start- yesterday. ed with four straight pars before All eyes were on McIlroy as the his game fell apart dramatically Open returned to Northern Ire- at Portrush. land for the fi rst time in 68 years, Woods dropped six shots in but his hopes all but disappeared his next six holes with bogeys with a sickening quadruple bogey and at five, seven, nine and 10 at the fi rst hole. compounded by a double bogey His troubles followed those The four-times major cham- at the par-three sixth. of the other crowd favourite, pion ended his day not only look- There was one moment for the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, ing up at a leaderboard headed gallery to cheer as Woods nailed who quadruple-bogeyed the by American J.B. Holmes, but a long putt for his only birdie of first hole en route to an eight- knowing he will need a stellar the day on 15, but that followed over 79. second round merely to make the another bogey on 14 and he Woods found himself 12 shots halfway cut. dropped another shot at the behind clubhouse leader J.B. Ireland’s Shane Lowry was the last to leave his chances of even Holmes, who birdied the 18th for clubhouse leader for a couple making the cut in danger. a five-under par round of 66. of hours after a four-under-par 67 on a day of wind and squally showers, mixed with dazzling J. B. Holmes of the US and two-putted. He picked his ren Clarke striking the first tee sunshine. watches his shot during ball out of the hole, to sympa- shot on an historic morning on “I took my chances when I got the first round of the thetic applause, with an ugly the Antrim coast. Clarke made them early on,” said Lowry. British Open at Royal eight on his card. three birdies in his first five “At the start of my back nine, I Portrush in Northern The 30-year-old bogeyed the holes before carding level-par missed a few chances. But look, I Ireland yesterday. par-three third and although 71 think four-under is a great score he repaired some of the dam- One of the biggest roars on that course and I’ll take it any age with birdies at seven and greeted Emiliano Grillo’s hole- day.” nine, the gremlins returned. He in-one on the par-three 13th. His score was later overtaken double-bogeyed the par-three The 26-year-old Argentine’s by Holmes. 16th and triple-bogeyed the last ace was the first at the Open A large group two back in- second, fi rst and second at the crete. It’s actually quite easy. I re- Phil Mickelson shot 76. McIlroy McIlroy’s opening tee shot before trudging off. since Louis Oosthuizen in 2016. cluded world number one Brooks Masters, PGA Championship ally don’t have to do much think- once scored 61 around Portrush went out of bounds, breaking a Earlier, Graeme McDow- Despite damp weather for a Koepka, who made an ominously and US Open, was guided around ing. I just go out there and play.” as a teenager but began his chal- spectator’s phone in the proc- ell drew loud cheers from the second successive day, fans ar- good start with a tidy perform- Portrush by caddie Ricky Elliott, Other leading names did not lenge for the Claret Jug he won ess. His follow-up found heavy packed galleries as he got to rived early and in number for ance that was bogey-free until a who hails from the area. enjoy their opening rounds at the in 2014 like a Sunday morning rough and from there he struck three under after 14 holes on his the sold-out tournament, with wayward drive at the 17th. “He just tells me where to hit it last major of the year. amateur. his next shot into an unplayable hometown course but he leaked the expected total attendance Koepka, seeking to com- and I go from there,” Koepka said Defending champion Frances- He was cheered to the first tee lie in a bramble bush. five shots in the last four holes. of 237,750 making it the best at- plete one of the greatest major of Elliott. co Molinari of Italy struggled to a but those cheers quickly turned After taking a penalty drop, The 148th Open began with tended British Open outside of St championship years after going “The game plan’s pretty con- three-over 74 and former winner to groans. McIlroy chipped on to the green McDowell’s compatriot Dar- Andrews in Scotland. CRICKET SPOTLIGHT Zimbabwe suspended World Cup hero Bayliss to for govt interference AFP we must keep our sport free from London political interference,” said ICC chairman Shashank Manohar. coach Hyderabad in IPL “What has happened in Zim- AFP team said in a statement. nternational cricket chiefs babwe is a serious breach of the New Delhi Bayliss won two IPL trophies yesterday suspended Zim- ICC constitution and we cannot with the Kolkata Knight Riders babwe over a failure to keep allow it to continue unchecked. and has also won the Big Bash the sport free from gov- “The ICC wants cricket to ngland’s World Cup- and Champions League in Aus- Iernment interference, putting continue in Zimbabwe in ac- winning coach Trevor tralia with the Sydney Sixers in in doubt their participation in cordance with the ICC constitu- Bayliss will take charge 2010-11. qualifi ers for the World T20. tion.” of Sunrisers Hyderabad “He is a proven winner and The decision means ICC The move puts Zimbabwe’s Ein the Indian Premier League we feel that his successful track funding to Zimbabwe Cricket participation in October’s men’s next year, the team announced record will be ideal in taking will be frozen and representative T20 World Cup Qualifi er in yesterday. Sunrisers Hyderabad forward,” teams from the country will not jeopardy. The 56-year-old Australian Hyderabad added. be allowed to participate in any The Croatia Cricket Fed- will take over a team captained Bayliss is understood to have ICC events. eration and the Zambia Cricket by Kane Williamson, who led had off ers from Kolkata Knight “The ICC has directed that the Union have both also been sus- the New Zealand team beaten by Riders and Rajasthan Royals. elected Zimbabwe Cricket Board pended for continuing non- Bayliss’s England in the thrilling Bayliss took over as England be reinstated to offi ce within compliance with ICC member- World Cup fi nal last Sunday. coach in 2015. They won the three months, and progress ship criteria while the Moroccan Bayliss, who will stand down Ashes 3-2 that year, reached the in this respect will be consid- Royal Cricket Federation has from his England job after the World T20 fi nal in 2016 and be- ered again at the October board been expelled over continuing Ashes series against Australia in came the top-ranked one-day meeting,” the ICC said in a state- non-compliance. August, will succeed compatriot international side. ment. At the same meeting, the ICC Tom Moody in the cash-rich Before that he coached Sri “The ICC board heard from also approved the introduction Twenty20 league. Lanka to the World Cup fi nal in both the Sports and Recreation of concussion replacements, ef- “After very careful consid- 2011. The Sunrisers last won the Committee representatives of fective from the fi rst Ashes Test, eration, the Sunrisers franchise IPL in 2016 under Moody. the Zimbabwe government and and a new way of fi ning players has decided to take a new direc- As well as Williamson, the Zimbabwe Cricket before mak- for slow over-rates, with cap- tion with the head coaching role team also boast the talents of ing their decision.” tains no longer at the mercy of and will be parting ways with England World Cup star Jonny “We do not take the decision suspensions and fi nes instead the services of Tom Moody,” the File photo of Trevor Bayliss (rear) with England captain Eoin Morgan. Bairstow. to suspend a member lightly but being spread across a team. Gulf Times 2 Friday, July 19, 2019 SPORT GOLF CRICKET Stokes plays down redemption talk I want to punch aft er W Cup heroics AFP “It was coming back from all London of that, it was tough. Getting back into cricket obviously mas- sively helped straight after that.